The effort moved Tuesday to City Hall when chairs from the three organizations, who said they have received support from 13 other community associations, met with City Commissioner Dan Saltzman and state Rep Michael Dembrow.

The three neighborhood leaders met with a land-use lawyer retained by the Eastmoreland association prior to meeting with Saltzman, who oversees the city's Office for Community Technology.

After the meeting, Saltzman confirmed that he told the group the city will look again at the rules regarding the public input part of the process. He said the regulations will clarify that the meetings must follow open meeting standards.

The alliance of neighborhood associations had said the two community meetings did not fulfill the city's requirements for citizen input. TV reporters were denied access to the Northeast meeting, and none of the roughly 125 Northeast residents who attended had access to copies of explanations why T-Mobile chose Northeast 31st Avenue and Prescott Street over busier streets nearby.

An estimated 150 Eastmoreland residents attended the Nov. 1 meeting but many found the Power Point presentation describing the need for a site at Southeast 37th Avenue and Ogden Street difficult to read. After twice asking for copies, the neighborhood association still has not seen them, chairman Robert McCullough said Tuesday. The association filed a public records request and was told by the city it will cost the nonprofit $3,000.

And unlike the land-use application process, no one recorded public comment or what T-Mobile presented at either meeting -- another sticking point with the associations.

Saltzman said city staff will clarify those points in the rules governing the process, as well as establish expectations for an agenda.

He told the group he will get them copies of any information made public during the T-Mobile meetings and he will encourage T-Mobile to schedule two new meetings.

Another result of the meeting was an agreement that the city attorney will meet with the land-use attorney retained by Eastmoreland. The two parties will discuss recent cases involving the federal law that Saltzman said prevents cities from denying cell phone attachments and towers because of health or aesthetic reasons.

The three neighborhood associations said afterward they will continue to be involved in the process and will continue to gather support from other community representatives.

"I think many neighborhoods would support a temporary moratorium while the city reviews legal cases that have a significant bearing on these," said Alameda Neighborhood Association Chairman Scott Rider.